Legal Opinion
Saunders v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 22, 1974No. Record 730200PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, C.J.
On June 14, 1972, petitioner, John W. Saunders, was convicted by the Circuit Court of Henrico County of distributing a controlled drug and was sentenced to serve fifteen years in the State Penitentiary with eight years suspended. He filed a petition for a writ of error, which was refused by this court on February 5, 1973. Thereafter, he filed in this court his original petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because of the importance of the issues, we granted the parties leave to file briefs and to present oral argument.
Petitioner raises three questions for our consideration. The first is,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Rinaldi v. YeagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McKane v. DurstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Mayer v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wright v. WestSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Gary N. Fields v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Payne v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Harward v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
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